Voiceitt, an Israel-based startup company that produces and application that translates unintelligible or atypical speech in real time, has raised $10 million in a Series A financing round.
An Amazon Alexa Fund portfolio company, Voiceitt's technology allows people with severe speech impairments to communicate through speech.
The 25-person startup has already partnered with the state of Tennessee, whose Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities participated in a pilot of the Voiceitt app.
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DIDD Commissioner Brad Turner cited "impactful results for people with intellectual disabilities," and said the department hoped to provide more opportunities for people "using this technology as a bridge for communication with their loved ones, friends, colleagues, and communities."
Danny Weissberg, CEO and co-founder of Voiceitt, said after the financing round closed that "Voiceitt provides a new dimension of independence and quality of life for people with speech and motor disabilities, and a compelling tool for those who care for and about them. Our technology helps with this and much more.
"With the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, our objectives are not only to support the individual's in-person communication, but also to assist healthcare professionals and support the continuum of care for their patients," Weissberg said.
Sara A. Smolley, executive vice president and co-founder, said the company's long-term vision is to "integrate Voiceitt's customizable speech recognition with mainstream voice technologies to enable environmental control through a universally accessible voice system."
The company's work has caught the attention of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, with the Technion's investment arm, AMIT Ltd., endorsing its application.
"Voiceitt's technology generates significant social value and creates real opportunities for individuals with speech disabilities by granting them with the two most prominent human life qualities: communication and independence," AMIT said.
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